Articles Written By: Daniel Martynowicz
RONAN — The Ronan, Polson and Finley Point fire departments, along with several Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies and a Ronan Ambulance crew, responded to a house fire on North Crow Road Jan. 14. The column of smoke ascending from the structure could be seen f...
DEER LODGE — Powell County Coroner John Pohle has released the name of a Ronan woman killed in a head-on collision near Garrison last week. According to Pohle, 57-year-old Ronan resident Patricia Elaine Graves was killed around noon Jan. 8 in a head-on collision on Interstate 90 just west of G...
PABLO — Dr. Luana K. Ross replaced long-serving Salish Kootenai College president Joe McDonald in 2010. In a move that surprised many, Ross resigned in mid-October last year, citing, “irreconcilable visions between myself and some members of the governing board.” Two months later and Dr....
ST. IGNATIUS — After a small amount of E. coli was found in the St. Ignatius water system in July of 2010, the city was forced to work through a $250,000 mandated water system upgrade for the next several years. The original project was to add a third city well and replace water lines on three...
ARLEE — The Jocko River Trout Hatchery in Arlee got a colorful surprise in the spring of 2009 when it spawned roughly 250 albino trout — an interesting and rare occurrence. According to hatchery employee Ron Snyder, the Arlee strain of rainbow trout genetics was created in the 1950s. Since the...
EVARO — Missoula County Public Information Officer Jason Johnson released the name of a 21-year-old Plains woman killed in a three-vehicle crash Jan. 6. Joscelyn Lea Cook was on her way back to school after winter break when the crash occurred. Johnson said the cause of death was blun...
ARLEE — If you couldn’t find your New Year’s Eve kiss this year, have no fear, the Tibetan New Year is almost here. And according to the Tibetan calendar, it’s still 2012. Feb 11 marks the first day of Losar (the Tibetan word for “New Year,”) and the first day of 2013. ...
In his first year as head coach, JR Camel and his Arlee Warriors are turning heads and generating talk about the possibility of a state championship. “We’re doing a lot more run-and-gun, a lot more defense and more conditioning,” Camel said. “There’s no comparison with ...
EVARO — A three-vehicle crash around 3:25 p.m. Sunday on Evaro Hill claimed the life of a 21-year-old Plains woman and injured several others. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, a Toyota Tundra was traveling north on U.S. Highway 93 when it drifted across the center line and side-swiped a ...
RONAN — The need for children to have positive teachers, leaders and role models in their lives is a constant that holds true across cultures, languages and time. Finding people that represent those positive influences and are ready, willing and able to pass them on to children they are not re...
